Deputy Director Jon K. Andrus today presented the 2008-2012 Quinquennial Report of the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS). The report, published last year, describes major public health achievements in the Americas during the...
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Salt is the leading risk factor for hypertension, which affects nearly one in three people in the Americas
Washington, D.C., 17 May 2013 — At least 30% of people in the Americas suffer from hypertension, or high blood pressure, for which excessive dietary salt is the main risk factor. For 1 of 3 people who have hypertension, cutting sodium intake…
Stigma and discrimination jeopardize the health of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people
PAHO/WHO calls for equitable access to care and respectful treatment for LGBTs in health services
Washington DC, 16 May 2013 (PAHO/OMS) — Prejudice, indifference, hatred, and discrimination all have negative effects on the health of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people (LGBTs) in the Americas and hinder their access to health…
15 May 2013 | Geneva - The world has made dramatic progress in improving health in the poorest countries and narrowing the gaps between countries with the best and worst health status in the past two decades, according to the World Health Statistics 2013.
The WHO annual statistics report highlights how efforts to meet the Millennium Development…
The "Strengthening…Guyana and Suriname have announced they will carry out new studies to confirm whether anti-malarial treatments are losing their effectiveness in their populations, as suggested by preliminary data collected by the two countries.…
More than 23,500 pedestrians were killed on the roads in…
More than 4,600 health facilities are participants in PAHO/WHO's "Save lives: clean your hands" campaign
Washington, D.C., 6 May 2013 (PAHO/WHO) — Nearly 1,200 hospitals and other health facilities in Latin America and the Caribbean and more than 3,400 in North America are calling on patients and family members to join healthcare workers in…
A special report published in the latest issue of the Pan American…